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Sanwo-Olu pitches Lagos as Africa’s business gateway at global summit
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has presented the state as a strategic gateway for global investment into Africa, calling for stronger partnerships to translate the continent’s growing international attention into tangible economic opportunities. Sanwo-Olu made the call while speaking at the Global Africa Business Initiative’s Unstoppable Africa 2026 in New York, where global business leaders, investors, policymakers and heads…
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Sanwo-Olu gifts three-bedroom house to veteran actress Iya Awero
By Damilola Akinwale – Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has disclosed that his administration gifted veteran actress Olanrewaju Adeshina, popularly known as Iya Awero, a three-bedroom house in recognition of her contribution to Nollywood. Sanwo-Olu disclosed this in a post on his social media pages on Saturday, sharing footage of the presentation of the house keys to the actress.…
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Abubakar Malami and the infamy of the Mambilla hydropower arbitration — by Chidi Odinkalu
When he announced the military coup in Nigeria on 15 January 1966, Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu denounced a confederacy of “political profiteers, the swindlers, the men in high and low places that seek bribes and demand 10 percent.” At the time, Nigeria was mostly funded by agriculture and solid minerals. Seven years later, that changed. Following the onset of the Arab-Israeli…
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Sunday Are: The man who keeps finding musical gold — by Kayode Adebiyi
There is something almost fascinating about Sunday Are’s career in the Nigerian music industry. In fact, the more you look at his career, the more difficult it becomes to dismiss it as coincidence. Why is it that, across different generations of Nigerian music, different genres and completely different eras of the industry, Sunday Are’s name keeps appearing behind some of…
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Sowore returns to Nigeria ahead of 2027 presidential election
Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has returned to Nigeria from the United States to resume his campaign ahead of the 2027 presidential election. Sowore disclosed this in a statement issued to journalists on Sunday, expressing excitement about returning to his family and the country after more than 20 months away. According to him, he left…
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Nigeria is unfinished, not hopeless — by Abayomi Ishola
There is something deeply Nigerian about sitting in darkness while arguing about how to fix the country. The generator coughs into life. A neighbour curses the electricity supply. Someone reaches for a phone and begins comparing Nigeria with Britain, America, Dubai or Singapore. Another declares that Nigeria is hopeless. Before the conversation ends, patriotism has become a quarrel between those…
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The seventh bid of Waziri — by Femi Fani-Kayode
Waziri Atiku Abubakar, the former Vice President of Nigeria, has attempted to become President of our nation no less than 6 times and his latest attempt is the 7th. In 1993 he contested the Social Democratic Party (SDP) presidential primaries and lost to MKO Abiola. In 2007 he contested as the Action Congress (AC) presidential candidate in the general election…
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Bandit threat in Kwara forces cleric Omolehin, family into hiding
The founder of Word Assembly Ministries, Rev. Isaac Omolehin, has revealed that a security threat linked to banditry has forced him, his wife and children to abandon their home and live in hiding. In a recent statement, Omolehin disclosed that he had been unable to return to his residence or ministry camp in Idofian, Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara…
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El-Rufai’s betrayers and betrayals — by Festus Adedayo
My first encounter with Nasir El-Rufai was in year 2000 at the Akodo Resort, a popular Lagos beachfront getaway along the Lekki-Epe Expressway in Ibeju-Lekki. As Director-General of the Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE), he had come to sell to his audience the talismanic powers of the BPE in unbundling the potential of the Olusegun Obasanjo administration. I saw a…
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Von-Batten: A black sheep’s $700 billion perfidy — by Olabode Opeseitan
There is a Yoruba proverb for households that seem improbably calm: Bi ile kan ba’n toro, omo ale ibe ni ko ti d’agba. If there is peace and tranquillity in a family, it is because the black sheep of that family has not yet come of age. Nigeria’s black sheep came of age this month, and he did so wearing…
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